By focusing on a prominent firm critically analyse the engagement of the firm in corporate social responsibility. Briefly but precisely explain what is a “king maker” within the context of Hotelling’s Location Model.

Corporate social responsibility

Show understanding of issues relating to corporate social responsibility and how it might influence decision making within organisations;  Review academic literature relating to managerial and decision economics in order to make policy recommendations.

Coursework assignment and submission details

This assignment is weighted 20% towards the unit assessment in no more than 700 words, submit a response to  the following topic. You MUST answer BOTH parts.

a) By focusing on a prominent firm (this can be Tesco, Lego, IKEA etc..) critically analyse the engagement of the firm in corporate social responsibility. Use news articles, reports, or firms’ own business records to get this information (Don’t forget to give credit to your source!). Relate the CSR activities of that firm to at least one of the CSR theories that we discussed in the lecture and explain how firm’s CSR activities are in line with that theory.

[Use approx. 500 words for this part. This part counts towards 75% of this assessment’s mark]

b) Briefly but precisely explain what is a “king maker” within the context of Hotelling’s Location Model. Hint: Think of Hotelling’s application in political science. [Use approx. 200 words for this part. This part counts towards 25% of this assessment’s